Ravindra Svarupa Dasa (; born William H. Deadwyler, III)
is a
religious studies scholar and a
Hare Krishna religious leader.
He was initiated by
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami (; 1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) was an Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava guru who founded ISKCON, commonly known as the "Hare Krishna movement". Members of ISKCON view Bhaktivedanta Swami as a repr ...
in 1971. He has been a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission since 1987,
Chairman of that Commission's North American GBC Continental Committee, is the president of ISKCON of Philadelphia,
and an
ISKCON Guru.
He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in
Religion from
Temple University and a B.A. in
philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
from the
University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on
Vaishnava philosophy and used his education to further the discourse of
Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology within the context of ISKCON.
He is the author of ''Encounter with the Lord of the Universe: Collected Essays 1978-1983'' (Washington, DC: Gita Nagari Press, 1984).
He also is featured on
Shelter's ''Attaining the Supreme,'' where he gives a lecture on a hidden track.
Publications
* William H. Deadwyler ''Necessity and the Cosmic Organism: An Examination of Hartshorne's God'' — Philadelphia:
Temple University, 1980. — 526 p.
* Ravīndra-svarūpa Dāsa ''Encounter With the Lord of the Universe: Collected Essays, 1978-1983'' — Washington, DC: Gita-nagari Press, 1983. — viii, 118 p. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''The Scholarly Tradition in Caitanyite Vaisnavism: India and America'' // ISKCON Review. — 1985. — Vol. 1. — No. 1. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''The Contribution of Bhagavata-Dharma Toward a 'Scientific Religion' and a 'Religious Science // T. D. Singh, R. Gomatam ''Synthesis of Science and Religion — Critical Essays and Dialogues''. — San Francisco: Bhaktivedanta Institute, 1987. — pp. 366-380. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''Patterns in ISKCON's Historical Self-Perception'' //
David G. Bromley
David G. Bromley (born 1941) is a professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, specialized in sociology of religion and the academic study of new religious movements ...
,
Larry D. Shinn
Larry Dwight Shinn (born January 16, 1942) was president of Berea College, Kentucky, from 1994 to 2012. Prior to this appointment he taught for fourteen years in the Department of Religion, Oberlin College, and was Vice-President of Academic Aff ...
''Krishna Consciousness in the West''. — Lewisburg:
Bucknell University Press, 1989. — pp. 55-75. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''The Religions of Others in ISKCON's Eyes'' // Leonard Swidler, Paul Mojzes ''Attitudes of Religions and Ideologies Toward the Outsider: The Other''. — Lewiston:
Edwin Mellen Press
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, 1990. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''Saṁpradāya of Śrī Caitanya'' //
Steven J. Rosen
Steven J. Rosen, also known as Satyaraja Das (; born 1955), is an American author. He is the founding editor of '' The Journal of Vaishnava Studies'' and an associate editor of ''Back to Godhead'', the magazine of the Hare Krishna movement. ...
''Vaiṣṇavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gauḍīya Tradition''. — New York: Folk Books, 1992. — pp. 127-140. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Religion And Religions'' // ''
ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1993. — Vol. 1. — No. 1. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Modern Historical Consciousness: Its Cause and Cure. Part I: The Great Chain'' // ''
ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1994. — Vol. 1. — No. 2. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Modern Historical Consciousness: Its Causes and Cure. Part II: The Breaking of the Chain'' // ''
ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1995. — Vol. 3. — No. 1. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''A response to Daniel Acharuparambil, Hinduism in interreligious Dialogue, ICJ Vol. 4, No. 1'' // ''
ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1996. — Vol. 4. — No. 2. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''The Devotee and the Deity: Living a Personalistic Theology'' // J. P. Waghorne, N. Cutler ''Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India''. — New York:
Columbia University Press, 1996. — pp. 69-87. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''ISKCON and Varṇāśrama-Dharma: A Mission Unfulfilled'' // ''
ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1999. — Vol. 7. — No. 1. — pp. 35-44. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Pillars of Success: The Principles and Practices of Reform in ISKCON'' // ''
ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 1999. — Vol. 7. — No. 2. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Restoring the Authority of the GBC'' // ''
ISKCON Communications Journal''. — 2000. — Vol. 8. — No. 1. — .
* Ravīndra Svarūpa Dāsa ''Rādhā, Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya: The Inner Dialectic of the Divine Relativity'' // ''
The Journal of Vaiṣṇava Studies''. — Folk Books, 2001. — Т. 10. — № 1. — pp. 5-26.
* William H. Deadwyler ''Cleaning House and Cleaning Hearts: Reform and Renewal in ISKCON'' //
Edwin F. Bryant
Edwin Francis Bryant is an American Indologist. Currently, he is professor of religions of India at Rutgers University. He published seven books and authored a number of articles on Vedic history, ''yoga'', and the Krishna tradition. In his resear ...
, Maria L. Ekstrand ''The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant''. — New York:
Columbia University Press, 2004. — pp. 149-169. — .
* William H. Deadwyler ''Bringing the Lord's Song to a Strange Land: Srila Prabhupada's Strategy of "Cultural Conquest" and Its Prospects'' // Graham Dwyer, Richard J. Cole ''The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change''. — London:
I.B. Tauris, 2007. — pp. 103–120. — .
References
External links
The Official Website of Ravindra Svarupa
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Living people
International Society for Krishna Consciousness religious figures
Converts to Hinduism
American Hare Krishnas
Year of birth missing (living people)